Heart of Atlantis Chapter 13
On the surface at the city of Metropolis, Orm had unleashed the full force of Atlantis's military might. The surface dwellers were valiantly putting up a courageous resistance, but even with their weaponry they were proving to be no match against the Atlantean armada. They were quickly becoming overwhelmed.
Batman, Flash, and Shazam were doing their best to aid the troops, but even their efforts weren't doing that much to assist. They were vastly outnumbered in desperate need for reinforcements.
Well back up as arrived.
From the depths of the ocean appeared Superman, Wonder Woman, Green Lantern, Cyborg, Arthur, Audrina, and Mera. The Atlantean's ridden a wave into shore for transportation while the other four took to the air. The group could see the black smoke rising into the sky from the city and they knew their comrades were in dire straights. They hit land and found it to be a warzone.
The absent members of the Justice League immediately got to work ridding their home of unwanted guests.
Ambushing a group of Atlantean soldiers from behind Cyborg used sound waves from his sonic cannon to immobilize them.
Mera summoned ice daggers to her hands slitting the throats of enemy's that targeted her. Plus her agility skills really made her difficult to catch.
Superman and Wonder Woman formed a tag team. They stopped a squad of Atlantean's chasing after some construction workers. One of them was defending a friend that had fallen while he was running away. This man refused to leave his coworker behind at the mercy of these bloodthirsty invaders. The construction worker had taken care of one adversary, but that pissed off the others. Superman saved two of them as they were about to be struck down in retaliation. This left the two stunned men watching them go with wide-eyed stares.
Wonder Woman got the same reaction when she rescue Lois Lane and Jimmy from being executed while they were covering the action. They'd gotten boxed into the center of a crossfire when Wonder Woman showed up landing directly on an oblivious soldier.
The rest stopped in their tracks at the sight of Wonder Woman.
"Your skills do you honor, Atlanteans, but you face an amazon," proclaimed Wonder Woman.
That mattered not to the Atlanteans. They charged head on towards her. Wonder Woman lassoed one and sent him careening into his comrades knocking them off their feet. The others were quickly taken out of the picture not standing a chance against Wonder Woman.
Watching how easily she handled them, Lois Lane said "I would not want to be on her bad side."
Jimmy simply snapped a picture with his camera for the Metropolis Daily Planet.
The tables were slowly starting to turn in their favor.
Green Lantern created a giant robot with his ring sucking soldiers up with a vacuum arm he'd formed. It deposited each one out the back tossing them into the air.
Arthur and Audrina were fighting side by side. Arthur was resorting to hand to hand combat while Audrina was summoning water to her from the ocean to use as her own weapon. It all seemed to be going well…until he showed up.
Out of nowhere Black Manta appeared going straight for Arthur.
Seeing him coming, Audrina warned "Arthur, look out!"
Too late.
Arthur turned at the exact same time Black Manta aimed a bone crunching punch to his face that sent him slamming into the cement. Audrina immediately hastened to his side helping a groaning Arthur to his feet.
Glaring hatefully at Arthur, Black Manta said "Half-breed trash. I won't let you ruin my plans."
There was a whirring noise as Black Manta charged up the lasers in his mask. A powerful beam shot out. Arthur shoved Audrina out of the way so he took the brunt of it. He crashed into a building with a grunt leaving an indent the size of his body behind.
Releasing a battle cry Audrina ran out Black Manta, but she wasn't much of a fighter when it came to direct combat so she was easily subdued. Black Manta viciously backhanded her sending Audrina skidding on her side on the gravel.
"I'll deal with you in a moment," hissed Black Manta.
Enraged by Black Manta's treatment of Audrina, Arthur growled "You're gonna pay for that."
Arthur and Black Manta then resumed their fight moving ever close to the waters edge. Black Manta should've paid more attention.
Instead Black Manta's overconfidence would be the end of him. Having Arthur at his mercy gave Black Manta a false sense of security leading to a brief moment of misplaced bravado.
Black Manta bragged "All this was my doing. With Orm's mommy issues and sense of entitlement, coaxing him into war was child's play. Frankly, he irks the shit out of me. Once we've sunk the surface world and Audrina conceives and gives birth to an heir I'll slit their throats and claim the treasures of Atlantis-."
From the water appeared a megalodon. The massive shark snatched Black Manta from the shore faster than he could react. You see while Black Manta had been distracted Arthur had used his telekinetic abilities to call forth the shark. Black Manta screamed as the sharks massive jaws engulfed his frame pulling him under. Black Manta was consumed by the megalodon hunger and was no more in an instant like the snap of a finger.
"Outrageous," said Arthur, grinning.
Audrina clapped her hands to her mouth with tears glistening in the eyes. She had just become a widow and quite truthfully she couldn't be happier.
Authors Note:
None of you are going to believe what happened to me recently. I was on the way to get my nails done for a potential job interview when suddenly another car slams into my from behind. An idiot driver wasn't paying attention so I and the car in front of me got hit pretty hard. I'm fine, got lucky, not a scratch on me, but it could've been a lot more serious. Right now the side of my head hurt and my left side is really starting to feel the pain. Nothings broken just sore and bruised.
Bad news is my car got totaled. I really liked this car to I've had it for three years. Good news is I'm going to be able to buy a new one, unfortunately, it'll be a while before I can.
Today was looking so bright and then this crap happened.
For those of you who drive here, take my advice. EYES ON THE ROAD! I came out alive this time around. The same thing might not happen for any of you if you get into an accident. It's harsh, but the truth.